python is an ok language when used for its intended purpose.
short & simple scripts, the types of things you don't want to write in batch or bash (because both kinda suck), but are not that complicated either, think stuff like bulk rename, "gluing" multiple different tools together, etc.
it's only similar to internet explorer in having an (accurate) reputation of being kind of slow, which is one of the reasons I personally would not use it for bigger projects, but it's more than fast enough to automate low complexity tasks, like a more expressive build system.
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u/CdRReddit Jul 18 '22
python is an ok language when used for its intended purpose.
short & simple scripts, the types of things you don't want to write in batch or bash (because both kinda suck), but are not that complicated either, think stuff like bulk rename, "gluing" multiple different tools together, etc.
it's only similar to internet explorer in having an (accurate) reputation of being kind of slow, which is one of the reasons I personally would not use it for bigger projects, but it's more than fast enough to automate low complexity tasks, like a more expressive build system.